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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-284153

Description

Three wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Three varieties of colored marble are framed by a three-dimensional screen. Roller-printed in gray, green, white, gold, silver, brown, salmon and red on white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 1/4 x 8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.364.2A-C

Related Items

Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.364.1AB

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

wall fragment

Ground Color

White

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

marble
screen

Period/Style

Marble

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